|
|
|
|
From today, pharmacists will be able to sell nicotine-containing vapes without a prescription, in the latest change to vape laws.
If you feel like you have whiplash, fair enough. This is the fourth change to vape regulations already this year as the government attempts to stamp out recreational vaping while still allowing e-cigarettes to help smokers quit.
By law, only pharmacies have been allowed to sell vapes, and only with a prescription, since July this year. Now they’ll be allowed to sell vapes containing up to 2% nicotine over the counter to people aged 18 or over.
But as Coral Gartner explains there’s no guarantee pharmacies will adopt the new rules or even stock vapes at all. Vapes aren’t approved medicines and for some it may feel akin to selling cigarettes.
|
|
Phoebe Roth
Health Editor
|
|
Coral Gartner, The University of Queensland
The change is intended to balance access to vapes for adults using them to quit smoking with the need to protect young people from taking up vaping.
|
Politics + Society
|
-
Timothy Minchin, La Trobe University; Christopher Simmonds, La Trobe University
While not topping any lists for great presidents, Carter has long championed causes that have never been more relevant, from peace in the Middle East to climate change.
-
Tom Baker, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Alistair Sisson, Macquarie University
The increasing influence of Bloomberg Philanthropies on cash-strapped city governments raises questions about the reliability of philanthropy over the long term – and its democratic legitimacy.
-
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The government has pledged to examine the visa status of protesters who waved Hezbollah flags in Sydney and Melbourne at the weekend, and has also met its pledge to appoint an Islamophobia envoy.
-
Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne
The US presidential race continues to be tight, while the Coalition holds a narrow lead over Labor in one Australian federal poll.
-
Alister McKeich, Victoria University
Australia can take legal action against people accused of atrocity crimes, even if the person isn’t Australian and the alleged crimes were miles away. But the laws are flawed.
|
|
Health + Medicine
|
-
Hamish Bradley, The University of Western Australia; Alice Richardson, Australian National University; Breeanna Spring, Charles Darwin University
First aid guidelines for snake bite include staying still. But that can be tough if you’re in a rural or remote location.
-
Breanna Lepre, The University of Queensland; Lauren Ball, The University of Queensland
More than 1.1 million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder. Around a third of these people are also neurodivergent.
|
|
Science + Technology
|
-
Gordon Lister, The University of Queensland
Mount Everest is growing surprisingly quickly – but are rivers or earthquakes responsible?
-
Lucy Sparrow, The University of Melbourne; Eduardo Oliveira, The University of Melbourne; Mahli-Ann Butt, The University of Melbourne
Our research found high rates of tech-based abuse – so our team is designing a new AI tool to detect and document toxic comments.
-
Martie-Louise Verreynne, The University of Queensland
Smart glasses are already being used in many industrial settings – and may be a common item by the end of the decade.
|
|
Environment + Energy
|
-
Lev Bromberg, The University of Melbourne; Christine Parker, The University of Melbourne; Simon Coghlan, The University of Melbourne
If left unchecked, artificial intelligence will harm animals. Experts in law, ethics and animal welfare call for AI to be included in the revised Australian Animal Welfare Strategy, coming soon.
-
Milton Speer, University of Technology Sydney; Lance M Leslie, University of Technology Sydney
Less rain will fall in the Darling River catchment as climate change worsens. This fact must be central to decisions about how much water can be taken from the system.
|
|
Education
|
-
Amanda Bourgeois, The University of Queensland; Annemaree Carroll, The University of Queensland
Young people are growing up in an era where – thanks to technology – boredom is rare. This can be challenging for classroom teachers, who want to encourage their students to reflect and contemplate.
|
|
Arts + Culture
|
-
Stephen Gaunson, RMIT University
Directed by Akira Kurosawa,1954’s Seven Samurai is a technical and creative watershed of the action genre and world cinema.
-
Cherine Fahd, University of Technology Sydney
School photos are more than mere keepsakes. These images betray much about our younger selves.
|
|
Books + Ideas
|
-
Per Henningsgaard, Curtin University
Juice is a radical departure that asks readers to think differently about the future.
-
Julian Murphet, University of Adelaide
Utopia was, for Jameson, more than a hope deferred or a crazy workbench covered with unfinished social blueprints. It was a habit of thought we cultivate among ourselves.
-
Adrian Esterman, University of South Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic is over, though of course the virus is still with us. Looking back, how should we judge the government response? What did we do right, and what could be done better?
|
|
Business + Economy
|
-
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
A push to overhaul laws to stamp out land banking is part of a Government bid to crack down on anti-competitive and unconscionable conduct by supermarkets.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
The Conversation AU/NZ
Melbourne VIC, Australia
•
Full Time
|
|
|
University of Wollongong
Wollongong NSW, Australia
•
Full Time
|
|
|
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
Anywhere
•
Casual
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
| |
| |
| |
Featured Events, Courses & Podcasts
|
View all
|
|
|
|
|
8 - 29 November 2024
•
Sydney
|
|
11 - 15 November 2024
•
Perth
|
|
12 - 13 November 2024
•
MELBOURNE
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
